There will be one mobile speed camera like the one they had, and two permanent stationary cameras that will be installed along University Avenue.

"We've seen a reduction in our accidents and we see people slowing down where we deploy the systems. We're pleased with that result," said Interim Chief Derek Meyer of the Windsor Heights Police Department.

The new mobile speed camera will have a high-resolution camera. It starts work on Thursday.

In March, city officials told KCCI that their old cameras only result in about 40 percent of speeders being sent a ticket because the resolution on the video isn't good enough to capture all the information needed to issue a ticket. With the new cameras, the city is hoping to increase that rate to 90 percent.

"I will admit I do slow down,” Des Moines resident Paula Sweeny said. “That does make me slow down, but I'm really not in favor of them."

The city's two old mobile traffic cameras have caught nearly 8,000 drivers going over the limit in the last year, but police could cite only 60 percent of the vehicles due to poor video quality.

"It comes down to being able to ID the vehicle. So, does it have a plate? Can you read it? Is it obscured?" Meyer said.

As a professional driver, Des Moines resident Grant Cumpton called the cameras a necessary evil.

"I think it's getting to the point that people have to realize that they're responsible for their actions, and if they have to be held to it by speed cameras then I guess that's it,” Crumption said.

Police said that out of the nearly 5,000 citations given out last year, only 111 fines, or 2, percent were given to Windsor Heights residents.

"You're still speeding, so it's hard to argue with that," West Des Moines resident John Stroud said.

No word yet on where the two fixed cameras will be set up along University Ave. or when they will be installed.